WCRP works closely with Future Earth and Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) to address a newly-developed Knowledge-Action Network on Emergent Risks and Extreme Events. Have a glance at the discussion through a summary video.

Submission is now open for abstracts of  Community White Papers for the OceanObs'19 conference. Based on the initial Community White Paper abstracts, the OceanObs’19 Program Committee will solicit full Community White Papers to be submitted by end of September 2018. Click the headline for details.

This week, the Global Carbon Budget 2017 has been published by the Global Carbon Project. After three years of almost-stable emissions, the current report estimates a 2% increase in CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels and industry for 2017. Click the headline above for more information.

1 December 2017 | Zurich, Switzerland

A one-day SPARC event in Zurich on 1 December will celebrate both SPARC's 25th anniversary as well as the move of its international project office. Register soon, and click the headline for details.

A recent paper by Sillmann et al. summarizes research on weather and climate extremes, including insights from a WCRP Grand Challenge workshop. Find out more by clicking the headline above.

10 November 2017 | Bonn, Germany

ICSU and WCRP co-organized a science event during COP23 in Bonn, at the Turkey Pavilion on Friday 10 November. Find out more by clicking the headline above!

6-17 November 2017 | Bonn, Germany

From 6-17 November, COP23 is taking place in Bonn, Germany. WCRP will be involved in a number of activities, including a side event on the importance of climate science to habitability (co-organized by WCRP and ICSU). Find out all about WCRP presence and contributions at COP23 by clicking the headline above!

Members of the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Social Science Council (ISSC) today voted to merge both councils into a single global entity called the International Science Council. To read more, click the heading above.

15-26 June 2018 | Davos, Switzerland

Abstract submission for the POLAR2018 conference will close on 12 November (extended from 1 November). For details on how to submit your contribution as well as on links between POLAR2018 and WCRP, click the headline above.

26 February to 2 March 2018 | Lorne, Victoria, Australia

The 2nd Pan-GASS Meeting "Understanding and Modelling Atmospheric Processes" will close its abstract submission on 7 November (extended from 31st October). For details on how to submit your contribution, click the heading above.

In a recent study contributing to the WCRP Grand Challenge on Extremes, Wartenburger et al. examine how different changes in global mean temperature (1.5°C, 2°C, or higher) would impact regional extremes. Click the title above to read more.

27 November - 1 December 2017

The 2017 IBS Conference on Climate Change and Human Migration will be held in Busan, South Korea, from 27 November to 1 December. Deadlines for abstract submission and registration are 31 October and 10 November, respectively. For more information, click the headline above.

5-7 March 2018 | Edmonton, Canada

The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and Future Earth offer support for early career researchers and professionals to get involved in the “2018 Cities and Climate Change Science Conference: Fostering new scientific knowledge for cities based on science, practice and policy”. The deadline for this is now 15 October 2017. For full details on how to apply click the header above.

The IPCC is preparing the Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5^oC, which will include a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). Which questions should these be? To have your say click the heading above.

The Sea Level 2017 Conference Statement, which originated from the Regional Sea Level Changes and Coastal Impacts Conference in New York last July, has attracted 273 signatories from 37 countries. To find out more and to read the Statement, click the heading above.

The call for nominations to SPARC's Scientific Steering Group (SSG) is open just a few more days, with a deadline of 30 September 2017. Click the heading above for more information and to nominate yourself or a colleague.

The Climate and Ocean Variability, Predictability and Change (CLIVAR) Project, a Core Project of WCRP, is offering an internship at the International CLIVAR Project Office in Qingdao, China, beginning April 2018. For more details click the headline above.

26 February to 2 March 2018 | Lorne, Victoria, Australia

Abstract submission is now open for the 2nd Pan-GASS meeting, 'Understanding and Modelling Atmospheric Processes'. For more information click the heading above.

Start preparing your abstracts to submit to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Open Science Conference #POLAR2018, in Davos, Switzerland. Abstract submission will close on 1 November 2017. For more information, click the above heading.